-
This man was handed over to you by God’s deliberate plan and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross.
-
But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.
-
When they heard this, they were furious and wanted to put them to death.
-
“So he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Harran. After the death of his father, God sent him to this land where you are now living.
-
He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.
-
After Herod had a thorough search made for him and did not find him, he cross-examined the guards and ordered that they be executed.
Herod’s Death
Then Herod went from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.
-
Though they found no proper ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed.
-
I persecuted the followers of this Way to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison,
-
I found that the accusation had to do with questions about their law, but there was no charge against him that deserved death or imprisonment.
-
If, however, I am guilty of doing anything deserving death, I do not refuse to die. But if the charges brought against me by these Jews are not true, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”
-
I found he had done nothing deserving of death, but because he made his appeal to the Emperor I decided to send him to Rome.
-
And that is just what I did in Jerusalem. On the authority of the chief priests I put many of the Lord’s people in prison, and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.
-
After they left the room, they began saying to one another, “This man is not doing anything that deserves death or imprisonment.”
-
They examined me and wanted to release me, because I was not guilty of any crime deserving death.
